# File lib/active_record/validations.rb, line 348 def evaluate_condition(condition, record) case condition when Symbol; record.send(condition) when String; eval(condition, record.send(:binding)) else if condition_block?(condition) condition.call(record) else raise( ActiveRecordError, "Validations need to be either a symbol, string (to be eval'ed), proc/method, or " + "class implementing a static validation method" ) end end end